Chapter 130 The Youth Team's Double Crown

Before the second goal rolled into Mainz's net, things weren't looking good for Mainz. Borussia Dortmund's attacks were like surging waves, Mainz's defenders could only be moved around by Dortmund's quick passing and couldn't catch Dortmund's players at all.

In the end, Zhou Yi's goal was just a well-deserved end to this beautiful Dortmund attack.

Dortmund's players surrounded him and celebrated the goal with Zhou Yi.

This goal made everyone feel relieved.

Borussia Dortmund rarely loses games when leading by two goals, whether they use their current tactics or their old ones.

"Wow, Zhou Yi, you're really in the spotlight today!" Mark said excitedly, patting Zhou Yi's shoulder.

"Hmph, I used to be a striker!" Zhou Yi said triumphantly.

This was not just bragging. As a player who came from a striker background, his shooting wasn't bad. However, after switching to midfield, he put most of his energy into organizing the attack and wasn't so obsessed with scoring goals.

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Schürrle watched Zhou Yi, who was once again surrounded by Dortmund players, with Götze patting him on the shoulder, becoming his foil.

He thought this game would be a contest between himself and Götze, that he and Götze would be the protagonists, but he didn't expect the protagonist to be a Chinese player he didn't even care about before the game...

He had a sense of loss that he had prepared carefully for a long time, but was abandoned by fate.

Götze didn't have this feeling, because he never felt that this game was a contest between himself and Schürrle...

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The first half ended not long after Zhou Yi scored.

For Mainz, this first half was completely unexpected.

And the reason for all of this was Dortmund's number twenty-three.

Mainz had done in-depth research on Zhou Yi, focusing on his passing. When Mainz defended and counterattacked, they were very successful in defending Zhou Yi's passes. Zhou Yi basically didn't have any good opportunities to pass the ball forward.

But Tuchel didn't expect that Zhou Yi used to be a striker and had good scoring ability.

So Mainz focused on defending Zhou Yi's passes, and as a result, Zhou Yi suddenly transformed into a scorer!

This caught Mainz off guard.

It can be said that Zhou Yi's two goals in the first half had almost killed the suspense of the game.

If Mainz wanted to reverse the situation in the next game, they would have to put more energy into the attack. In this way, the gaps in their defense would be even greater.

At that time, even if Zhou Yi didn't shoot, just passing the ball would be enough to give Mainz's defense a headache.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the situation was indeed like this.

Mainz went all out to attack, while Dortmund seized the gaps behind Mainz's attack to counterattack, quickly passing through the midfield, and then directly threatening Mainz's goal.

If it weren't for the outstanding performance of Mainz's goalkeeper, Dortmund would have been four goals ahead by the sixtieth minute.

But even so, they still scored in the sixty-seventh minute.

This time the goal was not scored by Zhou Yi, but the attack for this goal was initiated by Zhou Yi. He passed the ball to Mark in the midfield, Mark passed the ball to Götze, Götze then assisted Kinczek, and finally Kinczek sent the ball into Mainz's goal.

Dortmund led 3:0, and the suspense of this game was over!

When the third goal was conceded, Tuchel was already sitting on the bench, motionless.

In terms of strength, Dortmund was obviously stronger than Mainz. When his targeted tactics were broken by Zhou Yi, the two sides entered a pure level of strength and player performance.

In this regard, Mainz was not as good as Dortmund, and it was normal to have such a score...

He was not as skilled as others, although he was unwilling, there was no better way.

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After Kinczek scored, Mainz's morale clearly declined a lot.

The suspense of this game was also gone, and Dortmund was determined to win the national championship of the 2008-2009 German U19 Youth League.

However, Zhou Yi's limelight didn't seem to be over yet. In the seventy-fifth minute, he received a pass from Mark and volleyed near the penalty spot. The ball flew into Mainz's goal for the fourth time!

Zhou Yi himself also completed his first hat trick in the Dortmund youth team!

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Zhou Yi asked Mark while celebrating the goal.

In fact, Zhou Yi passed the ball to Mark, asking him to shoot, but Mark passed the ball back, which caught the Mainz defender who was rushing to defend Mark off guard.

"Anyway, you've already scored twice, why not score another goal to complete a hat trick?" Mark smiled. "This is also my way of thanking you, Zhou Yi, thank you for your help to me in these few months!"

"Don't be polite, we are friends, Mark!" Zhou Yi patted Mark on the shoulder.

He was also very happy to score three goals in a game, so he accepted Mark's kindness.

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With three goals, Schürrle had completely remembered the name of Dortmund's number twenty-three.

Zhou Yi.

This somewhat awkward name stole the limelight from him and Götze, and also stole his league championship dream.

Tuchel shook his head gently while sitting on the coach's bench.

Zhou Yi's goal didn't have any impact on the result, but it made Mainz lose even more ugly.

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After Zhou Yi completed his hat trick, Mainz's morale fell to the bottom, and they didn't even have the desire to continue.

Schürrle also seemed very helpless. In this game, he was just a supporting role...

Seeing this, Jebara replaced Zhou Yi in advance. Anyway, he had already completed his hat trick, and it was meaningless to continue staying on the field. It was better to come down and rest. Although Zhou Yi only played in the U19 for half a season, the intensity was not small. He should rest as much as possible.

When Zhou Yi was substituted, the Dortmund fans in the stands once again stood up and applauded him.

This scene once happened in the stands of the Berlin Olympic Stadium, which was the German Cup final.

Zhou Yi had conquered the fans of the Dortmund youth team with his actual performance.

Zhou Yi also clapped and waved to thank the fans in the stands.

For him, the youth team season was over, and he was very satisfied with his performance in the youth team, whether it was in the U17 or the U19.

He tried his best to do the best.

What will happen next is waiting for the arrangement of fate.

Back to his seat, Zhou Yi still had a smile on his face, leaned on the back of the chair, and half-lying down, enjoying the rest time.

After Zhou Yi was off the field, Dortmund's midfield control declined, and the players' thinking was a little relaxed, which gave Mainz a chance instead.

It also gave Schürrle a chance.

So in the eighty-sixth minute, Mainz used a cross from the wing, and Schürrle scored in the middle to pull a goal back for Mainz. Although it couldn't change the result of the game, this goal at least saved some face for Mainz, and Schürrle also had a goal.

If he and Götze were compared separately, then he was now leading Götze 1:0.

If this goal had happened at the beginning of the game, then Schürrle would have celebrated wildly and been overjoyed.

But now, he didn't celebrate at all. Instead, his teammates came up and hugged him, and he seemed very perfunctory.

He was not in the mood to celebrate the goal at all.

He also didn't care whether he had taken a one-goal lead in the game against Götze.

Because it was all meaningless.

The limelight of this game was stolen by Zhou Yi, it was not a contest between him and Götze at all...

Jebara was a little dissatisfied with the team conceding a goal at the last moment, but he just complained a few words to the assistant coach.

Anyway, they won.

Moreover, this was a game to determine the championship, and it was normal for the players to be slack after confirming their victory.

But he also saw the difference between having Zhou Yi and not having Zhou Yi.

If Zhou Yi continued to stay on the field, I guess Mainz's goal would not have been so easy to score.

Zhou Yi would definitely control the ball firmly on Dortmund's side through back and forth passing, using passing to mobilize Mainz players and consume their physical strength and morale.

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Given the huge difference between the two teams, although this game had three minutes of stoppage time, as soon as ninety minutes arrived, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Dortmund defeated Mainz 4:1 and won the U19 league championship!

More than half a month ago, they had just celebrated the German Cup championship together, and this time it was the league championship.

Dortmund U19 won the double crown of the youth team!

When the Dortmund players went on stage to receive the award, everyone was very excited.

Double crown!

This is unprecedented glory!

After captain Hornschuh lifted the trophy, he handed the trophy to Zhou Yi next to him: "Come on, Zhou Yi, you are the hero of our victory!"

Zhou Yi was not polite, he took the trophy and raised it high.

Touching the cold walls of the cup with both hands, Zhou Yi felt the weight of the championship in his hands.

Ending this season with two championships is simply wonderful.

But what's even more wonderful is the progress he has made through these eight months of training and games. He now has greater confidence in pursuing his professional football dream.

Two championships prove that his choice to take this path was indeed correct!